Dancing in Costumes That Don’t Want to Dance

A fashion designer and a choreographer created a work in which intentionally cumbersome garments lead and the dancers’ ...
Charlotte Observer

Teaching culture through costumes. Meet the women who make the Greek Fest wardrobe

Ten years ago, Elaine Mahairas stopped by her church to return the costumes her three children borrowed for a dance performance at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral’s annual Yiasou Greek Festival.
The Holland Sentinel

Dutch dance costumes hail from homeland provinces

Aside from the titular flower, the biggest draw of Tulip Time is arguably the dancing — Dutch dancing, of course. And the colorful costumes, which were designed to look like authentic clothing from ...
Newsday

Donating dance costumes gives a boost to young dancers in need

When I was young, I used to play dress-up with my old dance costumes. But when I got older, all they did was sit in a box. My mom suggested that I donate them to a charity, and I loved the idea. A few ...
The Middletown Press

Ancient dance helps women 'open up'

MIDDLETOWN -- Cloaked in a burgundy robe appearing to be from another place and time, petite Gia Khalsa pushes her long dark hair behind her shoulders as she relays her personal, present-day mission. ...
WGBH

Faced with a lack of funding, collegiate cheer and dance teams pay their own way

For 10 Sundays each year, members of the Bridgewater State University hip-hop dance team, Kinetic Edge, trade in their sleek dance costumes for polos and aprons. The young women work concessions and ...